LGB HistoryMovie about lesbians and gays working together during the AIDS crisis / ACT UP

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[–]Ossidiana 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was there during the AIDS crisis. I was just a little kid so it hardly would affect me, but I remember ads about safe sex everywhere and a social phobia that every piece of glass on the street would be an AIDS-infected piece of syringe.

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Here, after USSR crashed down, economy was in ruins, a lot of drug addicts appeared, and we had infected drug addicts running around and trying to impale with suringes or scalpels other people to give them HiV. Both police and bandits were hunting down such people and murdering them (not even putting to prison), so it lasted for only half a year or so. It was still very scary time to live.

[–]Ossidiana 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Is this for real?

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At least here and in small cities it was for real. Big cities survived USSR crash pretty well.